Pope gets early Easter gift
Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a celebration of Catholic education at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP …
Posted: 04/05/2012
VATICAN CITY - The Easter Bunny has arrived early at the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI was presented Wednesday with an enormous, 550-pound, 7-foot tall chocolate Easter egg by Italian chocolatier Tosca, which specializes in oversized cocoa confections.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said Benedict plans to donate the egg, which features the papal coat of arms, to a juvenile detention center in Rome.
In Italy, children traditionally receive a big chocolate egg with a prize inside on Easter Sunday.
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